Officer Down

Police Officer Sean Bolton
Memphis Police Department, Tennessee
End of Watch: Saturday, August 1, 2015
Age: 33
Tour: 4 years, 9 months

Police Officer Sean Bolton was shot and killed when he interrupted a drug deal near the intersection of Cottonwood Road and Perkins Road at approximately 9:15 pm.

Officer Bolton observed an illegally parked vehicle near the intersection occupied by multiple people. As he approached it he was shot several times by one of the occupants of the vehicle, who then fled the scene. A citizen used Officer Bolton's radio to call for assistance after he was shot.

He was transported to Regional Medical Center where he succumbed to his wounds.

The subject who murdered him was turned himself in on August 3rd, 2015.

Officer Bolton was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. He had served with the Memphis Police Department since October 2010.

Rest in Peace Bro…We Got The Watch

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Day is done, Gone the sun, From the lake, From the hills, From the sky. All is well, Safely rest, God is nigh.